Month: June 2025

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Bankruptcy notice lodged against John Pesutto after he fails to pay fellow Liberal Moira Deeming $2.3m

Former Victorian opposition leader says he will be doing ‘everything possible’ to pay the defamation costs within 21 days

Lawyers for Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming have initiated bankruptcy proceedings against former state opposition leader John Pesutto after he failed to meet a deadline to pay her $2.3m in legal costs.

The upper house MP’s lawyers on Monday lodged a bankruptcy notice on Monday after Pesutto failed to pay the costs ordered by the federal court in May. The court in December found he repeatedly defamed Deeming by falsely implying she sympathised with neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

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Poland Elects Karol Nawrocki as President

The victory of Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by the previous right-wing governing party, will complicate Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s efforts to advance his liberal agenda.
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Mexico’s first judicial elections are marked by low turnout, confusion and disillusionment

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What to know about Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s newly elected conservative president

What to know about Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s newly elected conservative president [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Polish presidential result spells trouble for Tusk

For Law and Justice, Nawrocki’s win offers renewed hope of clawing back power.
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Trump not informed about Ukraine attack that destroyed huge fleet of Russian planes

White House was not given advance notice about Ukraine’s ‘large-scale’ drone attack, which wiped out a fleet of about 40 Russian military bombers
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5 takeaways from Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web against Russia

Ukrainian special forces executed one of the largest and most complex drone-based special operations in modern warfare, destroying 41 Russian aircraft across multiple airbases using over 100 drones launched from disguised shipping containers.
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Asian shares slide as Russia-Ukraine conflict, OPEC+ output plan push oil prices higher

Asian shares slide as Russia-Ukraine conflict, OPEC+ output plan push oil prices higher [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Liberty’s dangerous depth that can ‘make a huge difference’ on display in rout of Sun

The Liberty’s dominant 100-52 win Sunday was a total team effort, and it allowed New York to show off its dangerous depth.
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Poland presidential election 2025: right-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki wins, official results show

Nowrocki’s victory over Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski is a blow to Donald Tusk’s pro-EU Polish government

The populist-right opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the Law and Justice party (PiS), has won Poland’s presidential election, defeating his pro-European rival Rafał Trzaskowski, in a nail-bitingly close contest.

Official results showed Nawrocki took 50.89% of votes in the runoff, with Trzaskowski on 49.11%.

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